Support for thread-cops.



A "ided with a plate on which the disks 7 and iently made of Wood and the disks 7 and 8 merely rest on the shoulder 6 so that they .can be removed Whenever desired. rlhe device thus can be manufactured very cheaply and the disks and plugs can' be shipped 1n separate packages, so that they will require very little shipping space and can easily be protectedagainst breakage. vWhen the machine operator Wishes to change cops she merely pulls one cop body or tube (in case the thread has been exhausted)A oil` the plug 4: and places a new cop thereon. t Will thus be seen that the device avoids the above de- -scribed diiiiculties Which have been experienced in using Jformer constructions While possessing the advantages of such constructions.

Fig. 3 shows at 10 a' slightly dierent form of plug designed to be used instead of the plug 4 under some conditions, as for instance, When the thread stand is not pro- 8 can rest. In this construction, the hole for the spindle extends only part Way through the plug so that the plug is supported on the upper end of the spindle. This arrangement may be conveniently used in certain classes of sewing machines in which the spool revolves instead of beingheld stationary, as in ranged to permit the removal Iof the disk from the plug.

2. A'support for a thread cop, comprising a plug designed to enter the core of the copand be removed therefrom, said plug having a shoulder at" one end thereof, a disk 'supported on said shoulder, and avcovering of yielding material on said disk, said disk and covering being of greater diameter than the cop whereby the marginal portions of these parts Will project beyond the peripheral sur- -face of the cop when the cop rests on said covering.

3. A support for a thread cop, comprising a gradually tapered plug having a peripheral shoulder projecting from the base thereof, said plug being deslgned t o be placed-in and removed from the corecof a. thread cop,

' a disk removably mounted on said shoulder,

and a felt covering for said disk, said disk and the covering therefor being of greater diameter than said thread: cop whereby their marginal portions will project beyond the peripheral surface of a thread cop positioned on said plug and resting on said covering.

4. A support for a thread cop, comprising a vplug constructed to enter the core of a. cop

and to be removed therefrom, a d'i-sk mount ed on said plug, a covering of yielding material for said disk, said disk and the covering therefor being positioned to engage the end of a cop mounted on said plug, and

means carried by the plug or'supporting said disk but arranged to permit the removal of the disk from the plug, said plug'having a central bore extending partially therethrough.

ln testimony whereof have signed my name to this specification.

@LEVER K. SMITH. 

